Known as the Standard American Diet (though Wikipedia calls it the Western pattern diet), it is “generally characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged foods, refined grains, red and processed meat, high-sugar drinks, candy and sweets, fried foods, high-fat dairy products (such as butter), eggs, potato products, and corn products (including high-fructose corn syrup). Conversely, there are generally low intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, and seeds.”
It’s generally agreed-upon to be unhealthy, but how to move away from it is a much harder question. Capitalism, food deserts, willpower, etc etc all get talked about. But regardless of whether or not it’s a good thing, how SAD is your diet?
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Rice is a highly refined form of carbohydrates, which turns into glucose when digested. You could consider cutting that out as well.
I like brown/wild rice :)
If you’re coming from a place of fast food and soda, rice is great and a huge improvement. Congratulations!
Brown or wild rice is only marginally less carbohydrates than white rice, I’m afraid. At a serving size of 150g, white rice is the same as eating 9.6 teaspoons of table sugar, and brown rice is 7.3 teaspoons.
Also take a look at other foods in terms of tsps of sugar, here: https://phcuk.org/sugar/